The media has widely quoted six as the number of those killed during on August 1. The actual number is in fact seven:
1. Sylvia Maphosa
2. Ishmael Kumire
3. Challenge Tauro
4. Garvin Dean Charles
5. Jealous Chikandire
6. Fungai Mukanyire
7. Brian Zhuwao
Despite dozens of videos showing soldiers firing into fleeing crowds and victims that have implicated the military, army bosses have denied responsibility instead accusing the opposition MDC of having a militant wing that killed the unarmed civilians before the military arrived.
— Kukurigo